Letters to the Editor
How are seniors supposed to live without a doctor?
By Letter to the Editor on August 26th, 2021
Editor: To Lethbridge East: How are seniors and families supposed to live a healthy lifestyle and thrive in this province when due to your party policies you are driving our doctors and health professionals out of the province? We have just lost another two doctors from the Bigelow Fowler clinic here in Lethbridge, leaving thousands ... Read More »
5 responsesTrudeau has given Canadians many reasons not to re-elect him to power
By Letter to the Editor on August 26th, 2021
Editor: With the “snap election” coming up in September, I thought like any good employer (and yes, I am one of his many Canadian employers), I’d do a job review to see if I’d want to rehire Justin Trudeau. Here we go: Here’s my list: • You blew the Asia Pacific deal. • You blew ... Read More »
2 responsesEveryone has to take personal responsibility for climate change
By Letter to the Editor on August 26th, 2021
Editor: A short time ago, I wrote a letter to the Herald decrying the fact that some aspects of climate change are now upon us, and are likely to get worse. A few people I know said, “I read your letter,” adding nothing more. What could they say? It was a letter of despair. Unlike ... Read More »
8 responsesThank you for all the support
By Letter to the Editor on August 25th, 2021
Editor: Since the article in the paper Aug. 5, and the news, the City has acknowledged our concerns and it appears they have added more resources to Legacy Park. On behalf of a few friends, neighbours and myself, we would like to take this opportunity to sincerely thank everyone who has pitched in to help ... Read More »
1 responseBoth left and right need to change to get votes
By Letter to the Editor on August 25th, 2021
Editor: Thinking about the federal election, I found the following report very interesting. It deals with the question of who votes for whom. It reports the survey done by an economist Thomas Piketty. It shows that in 1970 the majority of highest earning and best educated voters in most of the western countries supported right ... Read More »
12 responsesMosque offers sympathies to human trafficking victims
By Letter to the Editor on August 21st, 2021
Editor: We at the Lethbridge mosque would like to express our deepest sympathies to the victims and the families of the victims of the recent trafficking ring arrested by the Lethbridge police. Like most who heard the news, we felt a mixture of shock and revulsion. Yet we are also concerned about the anti-immigrant and ... Read More »
13 responsesTransparency needed in the Blood Tribe
By Letter to the Editor on August 21st, 2021
Editor: Canada has recognized the failure of honouring the Blackfoot and other tribes’ Treaty 7, Sept. 22, 1877, which was the provision of cattle to families of the Blood Tribe. The Blood Tribe Treaty Entitlement Cattle Claim requires Blood Tribe members to vote at a referendum to accept the Settlement Agreement and Trust Agreement. This ... Read More »
2 responsesDoctors and nurses needed more than Kenney
By Letter to the Editor on August 21st, 2021
Editor: For over 50 years, I have had the comfort of knowing that should I require the services of a doctor, I could pick up the phone and book an appointment. Those days for both my wife and I are about to come to an end. Our doctor, a truly fine man and physician, is ... Read More »
11 responsesElection quiz may surprise voters
By Letter to the Editor on August 20th, 2021
Editor: Now that the federal election has been called, there will be many folks claiming their undying devotion to a certain party. “I’m a conservative through and through,” some will boast. Others might state; “I believe that the NDP fit me to a tee.” You get the idea. I’d like to hopefully open your eyes ... Read More »
3 responsesTrudeau must go
By Letter to the Editor on August 20th, 2021
Editor: I can forgive Justin for wearing black face as a drama teacher…chalk it up to immaturity. But I will not overlook two major faux pax: He tried to force his Attorney General to overlook criminal charges against a Liberal supporting company. And now he forces us into a early election because he sees a ... Read More »
8 responsesLTC exists to create transparency in city
By Letter to the Editor on August 20th, 2021
Editor: In a recent letter to the editor, the author took issue with the Lethbridge Transparency Council (LTC), volunteering her preferred adjectives including “cheap runs deep,” “mansplainers,” “arrogant,” and “right wing.” The suggestion was of an underground organization surreptitiously working to unseat our council. How that caricature arose we cannot even surmise. The LTC has ... Read More »
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